---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 138e"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "138e"
heading: "Reporting"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/138e"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — National Laboratory Accreditation"
---

# §138e. Reporting

- (a) **In general—** Each [laboratory](/usc/7/138.md?p=3) or individual that performs, [brokers](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-7), or otherwise arranges for the performance of a [pesticide](/usc/7/138.md?p=4) chemical analysis of food shall prepare and submit a report, simultaneously to the [Secretary](/usc/7/138.md?p=5), the [Secretary](/usc/7/138.md?p=5) of Health and Human Services, and to the owner of such food, that shall contain any finding of [pesticide](/usc/7/138.md?p=4) chemical residues in such food—
  - (1) for which no chemical residue tolerance or exemption has been established;
  - (2) that is in excess of residue tolerances; or
  - (3) for which the chemical residue tolerance has been revoked or the chemical residue is otherwise not permitted by the Environmental Protection Agency.
- (b) **Timing of report—** A [laboratory](/usc/7/138.md?p=3) shall submit the report required under [subsection (a)](#a) to the [Secretary](/usc/7/138.md?p=5), the [Secretary](/usc/7/138.md?p=5) of Health and Human Services, and the owner of such food as soon as practicable after the completion of the analysis of such food.
- (c) **Guidelines—** The [Secretary](/usc/7/138.md?p=5) shall adopt standardized reporting guidelines to be applied to [laboratories](/usc/7/138.md?p=3) under this section and shall provide such guidelines to [laboratories](/usc/7/138.md?p=3) accredited under this chapter, as well as other sources of information regarding applicable [pesticide](/usc/7/138.md?p=4) chemical tolerances.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–624, title XIII, § 1326, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3565.)